මේක ලියන්න හිතුනෙ මම දන්න degree කාරයො කරන පුත්තලම් බුරූ වැඩ බලන් ඉන්න බැරි නිසායි..
Recently I spread out a message regarding some vacancies at the place I work to my batch mates. And the responses made me to share this with you all.
First there are two stages in getting recruited to a company.
1. Getting yourself an interview (NOT a freaking aptitude test)
2. Impressing the interviewer and pitching yourself correctly at the interview you earned earlier.
There are ample jobs in the market, BUT for the correct person only. Info regarding vacancies can be taken from,
1. websites like topjobs.lk (the better preferred common way)
2. from contacts/friends (the awesome way)
3. from the institute/university you studied on (the lame-ass way because you get the job on a tray)
Say you got to know about the vacancy and you are interested. Interested කියල හිත දැනගත්තට මදි, HR එකත් දැන ගන්න ඕනෙ. So how to show it? the first _thing_ the recruiting team with see of you is your CV. So put most of the effort to your DAMN CV !!! I know by experience that a crappy CV will not get a 5 second glance.
When a company is recruiting, they receive thousands of CVs, do you possibly think the _HR assistant_ who gets a pay around 12-15k would like to spend their time on a crappy CV? Crappy CV means one thing, crappy person, and companies don't like to recruit crappy people!
Get design tips from the internet, we all got help from Google in our each and every assignment and project why not this. DO NOT copy a friend's format, you get caught! A CV with nice format, look and feel is the right formula to get the attention. F*** the traditional formats, they are lame and they SUCK !!!
Next is what you put in your CV. Put the most awesome things about you first, it's same as impressing a guy/girl. First impression matters. Try to oversell yourself in your CV.
දැන් එහෙනම් එලකිරි වගේ CV එකක් තියෙනවනෙ. Try to send it via a friend in the company you are applying to. THAT recommendation matters, because the management will at least ask your friend " කොහොමද අර පොර, ශේප් ඩයල් එකක්ද? ".
Before coming to the second stage, I want tell this. Shoot for the moon, at least you'll end up amongst the stars at least. I am in my third job now, and when I applied for all three I aimed at a higher position I am suitable for. And I got called in for numerous interviews for positions which are way way out of my league. The secret is the CV, somehow it should build the confidence in the recruitment officer that you are up to the challenge even though you are not qualified for it.
So the second stage.
Say you get an interview. Nowadays, people consider the aptitude test as an interview. It is NOT. It is just to get your personal info the way the company wants, and to check if you are any good in English. If your English suck, සොරි ඩොට් කොම් පුතා. Most companies have the test and the interview in the same day, it's easier for them that is why.
So there you are, in front of one interviewer (it happens most of the time), or a panel. Whatever the count doesn't matter, what matter is the interviewer HAVE NOT HAD A GLANCE of your precious little CV when they come to interview you. It happened in every interview I had gone. HR may have seen the CV, but the person that matter who will most probably will be your boss haven't seen your CV, heck doesn't even know your name.
So IMPRESS them !!! Impress ON & ON & ON... again follow the rule of thumb, awesome facts about you first. When asked a question, don't go "ahhh... uhhh or ehhhh", use words to stall a bit so your brain can think of the best answer. And when saying it put in meaningless long professional sounding words in between (tip courtesy Barney Stinson, yeah and it works).
Pitch yourself well in the interview. Because no matter how good your CV look, the interviewer knows how to get the real person out of you in the interview. What the interviewer checks is whether this person sitting in front him is an asset to the team. So make sure you build that confidence in him, remember even the interviewer has a boss. So they don't like to get screamed at either. (Hence the circle of scream, #HIMYM)
If all these fails, check these.
1. You are missing one or more of these 3; Talent, Luck, Contacts (tip courtesy my cousin Kanchana)
- Take a look around you yourself, people with all three are the most successful ones.
2. පුතා, you are aiming too high. Set the bar a bit low. Venture out into a totally new field. You may have chances there.
3. YOU ARE CHEATING THE GAME !!!
Anyways Good Luck out there. Even I have been in your shoes. And finally remember this,
Don't hate the player, hate the game...
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